Existentialism In The Myth Of Sisyphus

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I don’t have a preference or agree with either idea of existentialism or
Absurdum more because I think they are both equally necessary to live a happy life that you want to live. I appreciate the idea of existentialism because if I am existentialist I would think that I could do what I want in my life. Then I can determine what I am going to do next I can change my future. I am the one making my own happiness, I can be as happy as I want to be by doing what I want when ever I want to. But I also think the way that an absurdist would think is an extremely necessary thing in our world. Things happen to every one all the time that we are not expecting, and things that we cannot control. But if I am absurdist I can just accept it for what it is we can change our attitudes about it.
In the myth of Sisyphus the absurdist point of view was when the man in the story is forced to keep pushing the rock up the mountain and it keeps rolling down over and over again. Instead of thinking how bad his life is and how horrible it is to push this rock up a mountain to watch it go back down. He changes his thoughts and he
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One where there is some existentialism, and some absurdity in every part of our lives. I believe if we can change what we don’t like then that’s perfect we should change it. But if we cannot change the challenge we are facing we should just accept it and be happy. I think that we are responsible for our behavior or at least most of it. I know that I am responsible for my thoughts decisions, actions and choices. I do believe that we make our own choices and our lives are not already predetermined. I do believe also believe we can make any situation a positive or negative thing. The way we look at any situation problem or blessing is what makes us who we are it’s impossible to say witch one these two philosophical theories’ is right or wrong because both can be used in positive

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